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| mrbones:
Ok, I bought one of these and I thought it was pretty cool. But, like an idiot, I accidentally plugged in 12V instead of 5V and smoked the LED in it. It's just an LED hot glued in place of the normal light bulb these Happ buttons take. I put a standard bulb in it, then my 5 year complains it gets too hot. So, I need to find a replacement LED for it. I emailed Groovygamegear last week, but got no response. I went to Radioshack looking for one, but honestly didn't know what to buy. LEDs come in all kinds different brightnesses and I wasn't sure which one to get. They only had a few that was 5v, too. I need a blue one. Can anyone help? |
| Daniel B.:
I know Randy has had alot of catching up to do from the holidays, It took him about a week to get back to me on a total noob email I sent him for info on his products. Give him a couple more days, I'm sure he can help you get it figured out. hang in there! |
| Green Giant:
Try checking an auto parts store. I know someone on here bought some designed to be plugged straight into a 12V signal. If not that, then the majority of the led's at radio shack would be fine. Just look for a blue led with a typical voltage of 5V. Insert it in the same position as the previous one with the old resistor. Look closely as led's have a front and back usually defined by a flat face on one side. If its in the same position it could save you trouble of waiting for randy and shipping. Shorten Those Links! |
| ringram:
It's not so much an issue of how much voltage, but how much current. Buy one at Radio Shack. Look at the current rating and and current limiting resistor to match the current. (resistor in series with the LED). Use ohms law to figure out what you need. P= I * V |
| Green Giant:
Thats getting too technical for him. The standard blue led with 5V standard, possibly the super bright if they have it, is all you need. Assuming you use the same resistor that was in the circuit, it will work fine off the 5V power supply. You are right about the current and ohms law, but for practical purposes, standard radio shack led's will handle the miniscule current load from the power supply. And remember, pumping to little power into an led will do no harm, its only overloading it. |
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